Well said. Your opinion is good and I acknowledge that fact. But to me personally, in individual performance for a team, I pick Mahrez. Why do you think, Robertson and Arnold are rated highly?? They gifted Mane goals.

Let's look at how awards were given. UEFA best player was Virgil, why? He won UEFA Champions League. Best Player in the world, Messi? Why? Because he was the best in the world. Now my point, Virgil wouldn't have won the UEFA best player if not for the Champions League. Messi should have won because he performed excellently, but he didn't win the award because there was a worthy opponent who won the UEFA Champions League. It doesn't matter if Messi was better than Virgil that year, Virgil won Champions League, hence, he is the best UEFA player of the year. Messi won the best player in the world because that is not based on any continental basis and clearly in the world, he was the best player that year.

So, Mahrez won the African Nations Cup and he played a very crucial role winning the Cup with that outstanding last minute freekick against Nigeria and many more brilliant moments in the competition. So he deserves it and his club level football wasn't bad. It doesn't matter the numbers of goals you score but what you bring to the table. Because if it was matter of goals, Virgil wouldn't have won the UEFA best player. Both players deserve to be the best African player but Mahrez deserved it more.